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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| favoring environmental stewardship, civil liberties |
Unfortunately, this hasn't been true of the Republicans since the days of Teddy Roosevelt. (For the historically impaired, that's 100 years ago.)
Once again, you can't believe what Republicans say. Watch what they have done. (or have done in the recent past--pillage the environment and run up debts in the trillions of dollars on borrowed money.) |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| Paul has no chance of winning, but if he can repeat his second-place showing from Nevada, it will send a strong message that the GOP should again become the party of government restraint, favoring environmental stewardship, civil liberties and local power over federal intrusion. |
Support for him is apparently going great guns in Maine. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

Joined: 25 May 2003
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| Show him the money. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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More endorsers and advisers:
February 1, 2008 11:14 am EST
Ron Paul Campaign Announces Addition of New Policy Advisors
Doug Bandow, Charles Pe�a and Philip Giraldi bolster foreign policy team
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA � Today, the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign is announcing the appointment of three new policy advisors. Doug Bandow has been appointed policy advisor to the campaign, while Charles Pe�a and Philip Giraldi have been named as foreign policy advisors.
Doug Bandow is a political writer and the Robert A. Taft Fellow with the American Conservative Defense Alliance. He has been widely published in leading newspapers and periodicals, and is the author of several books � including, most recently, Foreign Follies. Mr. Bandow served as a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and as a senior policy analyst in the 1980 Reagan for President campaign.
Charles V. Pe�a is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, a senior fellow with the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, a senior fellow with the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute, and an adviser to the Straus Military Reform Project. Mr. Pe�a is the author of Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism.
Philip Giraldi is a former officer of the Central Intelligence Agency who writes regularly on intelligence and foreign policy issues. Mr. Giraldi is a partner in an international security consultancy Cannistraro Associates, a contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine and a fellow at the American Conservative Defense Alliance. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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The American Conservative Magazine endorses Ron Paul for President:
February 11, 2008 Issue
Copyright � 2008 The American Conservative
Paul for President
The presidential fields of both parties have narrowed, and the arguments about how we should move forward are now familiar. TAC believes that only one candidate has put forth a diagnosis of America�s current ills and has a vision to turn the country off its misguided course. That is Congressman Ron Paul, whom we endorse for the Republican nomination.
On the key issue of foreign policy, the differences between the other Republican contenders can be measured in microdots. All remain enthusiastic supporters of the invasion of Iraq and of maintaining a presence there for years to come. All speak as if it is America�s right and duty to station its armed forces over much of the world. All have embraced neoconservative paranoia about the �threat� posed by Iran, setting the table for another war. All, that is, except Dr. Paul.
He is the one candidate who sees how the realities of world power have shifted since the 1990s, the one who recognizes that the time of unilateral American hegemony is over�and can�t be maintained even if it was in our interest to do so. He alone understands that the ever expanding federal government is a far greater threat to American liberty than some tinpot dictator in the Caucasus. By speaking about the benefits of smaller government and limited executive power, he has introduced a generation of young Americans to a more traditional and true style of conservatism�to the movement and the country�s benefit.
Ron Paul is a libertarian, and his stances are very much derived from that minor party tradition. To many, his ruminations about sound money seem academic�if oddly prescient. He was sounding the alarm about dollar devaluation long before the current panic and broke with libertarian orthodoxy to oppose injurious free-trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA. Conservatives also find common cause with his 30-year pro-life voting record and commitment to ending birthright citizenship.
Paul came by his congressional nickname��Dr. No��honestly. Anyone combing through his lengthy record will find many lone stands and idealistic statements that ignore the maxim that politics is the art of the possible. We are under no illusion that he has much chance of winning the GOP nomination this election cycle.
Nevertheless we urge a vote for him. This campaign sends a signal to both parties that a significant number of Americans value their country�s great Constitution, that many conservatives reject wiretaps, waterboarding, and senseless wars. There is far more realism in Paul�s analysis than can be found in those Republicans who believe that Washington�s policy of borrowing billions from China to pay for the occupation of a growing number of countries is desirable, much less sustainable.
Ron Paul has been a breath of fresh air in an otherwise desultory Republican campaign. Long may he run.
http://www.amconmag.com/2008/2008_02_11/feature.html |
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bacasper

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
The American Conservative Magazine endorses Ron Paul for President:
... We are under no illusion that he has much chance of winning the GOP nomination this election cycle. |
I've heard way too many people, both Ron Paul supporters and others, say this. Especially the RP supporters have to be more optimistic.
Take a lesson from the old NY Mets: "Ya gotta believe!"
Like me. I got my $10 on him to win $2000. |
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The_Conservative
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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4th Quarter results are in. Once again Ron Paul gets more support from military members, almost as much as all the other candidates combined:
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA � According to newly released FEC reports, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has received more military donations than the other three remaining Republican candidates combined.
�The latest numbers make it clear: the troops support Ron Paul,� said Ron Paul campaign chairman Kent Snyder. �Dr. Paul has worked his entire career working for veterans, and has many awards and endorsements due to his dedication to their cause.�
A search of the FEC database by employer reveals that Dr. Paul has received 1160 donations from military donors, nearly triple that of John McCain, and more than McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee combined.
Dr. Paul�s total military donations of $249 thousand are almost as much as the $260 thousand of combined donations received by the other five remaining candidates.
Congressman Paul is no stranger to military support. Former president Ronald Reagan once said, �Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country!�
According to the FEC reports, these are the total number and amount of military donations for each of the presidential candidates*:
Ron Paul: 1160 $249k
John McCain: 438 $83k
Mike Huckabee: 126 $37k
Mitt Romney: 126 $24k
Barack Obama: 443 $76k
Hillary Clinton: 154 $41k |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| That is only 1160 people . and those number probably included civilian DOD empolyes as well. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| That is only 1160 people . and those number probably included civilian DOD employees as well. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: |
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One thing that really hurts Paul is during debates, he doesn't go after his opponents enough. Instead, he defends his own views.
Why doesn't he ask John McCain why the troops don't support his campaign?
Why doesn't he go after Romney's flip flop on abortion?
I think he needs to go on the offensive, and try to show how McCain and Romney are going to take America down the same road it's been on for the last 20 years (or more). |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| talking about 1160 including DOD employees |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| talking about 1160 including DOD employees |
Yes, Joojoo, and only 438 for McCain.
Seems you can read numbers, and restate them, but you aren't able to derive any meaning from them.
1160 is greater than 438. That equals more support. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: |
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First of all Ron Paul for better or worse is the only candidate with his views.
McCain and Rommney compete for the same voters.
but more than that much more money will be donated in the general election.
You are talking about a very small percentage of all those in uniform and as I pointed out some of Paul's supporters are civilian DOD employees. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:07 am Post subject: |
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First of all Ron Paul for better or worse is the only candidate with his views.
McCain and Rommney compete for the same voters.
but more than that much more money will be donated in the general election.
You are talking about a very small percentage of all those in uniform and as I pointed out some of Paul's supporters are civilian DOD employees. |
Whatever you want to point out, you are ignoring the obvious truth:
If some of the people are DOD employees, then that would be true for each candidate.
If the Ron Paul number is low in your mind, it still far exceeds the McCain number.
If you combine McCain and Romney (and even throw in Huck) Ron Paul still has more support from the military.
The military understands that Ron Paul is the best Presidential candidate to handle military matters, support the troops and chart the correct course in international relations. The military wants a President who follows the Constitution. |
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